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Sorry about the slow reply.

This is where I get confused with Tailscale. Doesn’t everything then go through Tailscale, like when you run a VPN? Ideally I just want to be able to connect with a link and save that in the remote app / program, and also avoid having my wife forget to start Tailscale and shout at me >.<

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gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yeah, it operates like a VPN. On my wife’s phone, I installed tailscale and set it as the “always on” VPN so that she never has to touch it. The same goes for computers. You can have it set as a startup app, and it should automatically connect every time.

On some devices, if you want to use another VPN, it can get complicated.

Tailscale only responds to the range of connections that it’s in charge of, so it doesn’t interfere with connecting to normal internet, etc.

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- Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That’s great thanks :)
  
  The fact that it can be always on is really helpful, there’s less chance of her forgetting to use it then.
  
  Tailscale only responds to the range of connections that it’s in charge of, so it doesn’t interfere with connecting to normal internet, etc.
  
  This is the other thing that I was concerned about, that everything else would be diverted. Someone else said that it can selectively route apps, and that’s put my mind at ease. I don’t know why, but anything to do with networking gets me mixed up >.<
  
  Thanks for your help, I’m going to have a play with some settings :D
  
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